Alexandr Sheynov.

aka Kirghiz.

Kyrghyz was "stripped" (=they take away official recognition of his experiance), expelled from mountaineering camps, not "released" (=they gave no permition to climb certain mountain or route) on the mountain. But no one method was able break this man. He again and again went solo. He lived in tents away from alplagerey ate that have and continue to, walk alone.

In 1990, when climbing Ushba, was a "snatch" on the route by his partner. Numerous injuries. Five fractures, including fracture of the skull base, and a huge hematoma of the brain-Three days of transportation on Ushba 'glacier - all this was to put an end to further climbs. Doctors were unsure. 2 months resuscitation, but as soon as the Kirgiz discharged from the hospital with the condition of bed rest, he rushed into the mountains. Motivated - "only the mountains can cure me."

On the photo above he is second from the left

Began a hard time to recovery. After a year and a half field trauma - an attempt to climb Everest. The heaviest swelling of the head, gornyashka-had to come off. A couple of months the story repeated on Annapurna. The body became rigid to respond to the height.

Perhaps he would have returned later perhaps not, but at August 1992, in his "native" valley Adyr-Su, Kirghiz fell down on a paraglider in the stones of the moraine. Multiple fractures, again resuscitation in Nalchik. August 17 Sasha was gone. He is buried at home. In the valley Adyr-Su.